Better Me, Better World

We have an umbrella stand for hanging laundry outside by the deck, but in winter that task is too cold for my blood. We do have a nice cloth...

Some days I save big; other days only miniscule amounts, but surely it all adds up in the end. My kitchen scale is one of my favorite ways t...

Feeling a little proud of myself! I transformed leftover vegetarian spaghetti into vegetable soup for lunch and then a veggie lasagna for ...

I found a pizza sauce recipe that I'm making: 1/2 an onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 (15oz) cans of diced tomatoes 1 (6oz) can ...

Okay, it doesn't get any better than finding and adapting a recipe to fit your foods on hand. For tonight, I made a strata, which was l...

No more wasted packaging and money buying individually packaged cocoa mixes: just make your own. In a large microwaveable mug, put 1 & 1...

Came across a site that posed the question "what does your refrigerator's contents say about you?" That gave me the idea to t...

Striving to make sure that I do at least one thing daily that gives me a sense of accomplishment AND is visible to others. Today I made a b...

Have joined the ranks of the unemployed--by choice. Anxious to craft a life full of meaning. Need to review the Ben Franklin tenets & go...

oh, boy, I think I've hit the motherlode! How could I ever have neglected my crockpot...especially when it comes to saving time and mone...

Maybe you already knew this, but I just found out that you can get a reusable coffee filter for 10-12 cup coffemakers. Imagine not having to...

If you knew that you were going to lose your job in the next month...even six months, what could you do without in order to save some $$ bet...

It's a constant struggle to stay focused on simple living, on consuming less while enjoying life's simpler pleasures more. I vow to ...

From Sunday's appetizer to another night's meal, I filled leftover baked potato skins with bacon/cream cheese/horseradish dip for a ...

I accepted the challenge of http://www.dothegreenthing.com/ to take shorter showers, which has become sort of a test of my mettle. Can I we...

Less consumption - less waste. Better for my wallet BUT ALSO better for our planet. For yet another reason to buy less, read "Spending ...

The less we can spend on the things that are of no lasting value, the more money we have to spend on things that are important to us. What w...

In the book Microtrends , author Mark Penn contends that it would take only 1 percent of people committed to a single idea to change the wo...

The last green peppers and tomatoes from the garden filled two large grocery sacks. After keeping a few for our use, I took the lot to my fo...

I can still picture Elaine on Seinfield going on and on about BIG SALAD. Folks seem willing to pay big bucks for those big salads, because t...